Bob Garfield

On the Media

Before serving as co-host of On the Media, Bob Garfield was a longtime commentator and correspondent for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has also written for USA Today, Civilization, The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Times and Sports Illustrated, among others. A collection of his work, titled Waking Up Screaming from the American Dream, was published by Scribner in 1997. Currently the advertising analyst for ABC News, he has been an analyst or correspondent for CBS News, CNBC and PBS. He is perhaps best known in print for his “Ad Review,” a TV-commercial criticism feature of Advertising Age.